That’s my day in the title… you don’t need to read on 😆
Claire asked if anyone was available for a run this morning so I said yes before I could think about it too much. 😆
A wee 4.3kms at 6am.
It was quite dark, so we had head torches on and Claire was in her high vis, and I was just clashing with her 😆
It was a good run. I found it hard and it was a bit faster for me but I really enjoyed the chat and really enjoyed the thought of it all, once it was over 😆
Cold shower and off to work and we had a super busy day. I didn’t sit down at my desk until 9.45am. Least the day passed quickly.
It’s been a really dull and cold day today and it started to rain at 4pm when I finished work.
I had dinner then took the dogs out and got soaked!! I wore the wrong clothes again…. The high vis jacket isn’t waterproof unfortunately!
Nice look eh?!?
Poor Leesi still not getting out for a walk with her bad paw…. The other 3 are wetter than me, hence the dog goonies!
So I have put my jammies on and I have got th lamps on and I’m going to sit and relax and watch more Celebrity Race Across the World. It’s quite addictive and I have HUGE travelling envy!!
I’m feeling calm just now. I’m excited for our holiday in 16 days!
Oops sorry baby…… reads for a bit and back to sleep. out for the count.
Me 👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀
I didn’t sleep great last night as my knee was uncomfortable when I turned but I was FAST ASLEEP at 5am. Course I was.
You’ll be pleased to know I finally did my knee physio exercises at 6.30am. My leg has no power at all and it shakes doing these simple exercises! That’s good though as it’s building strength.
I went for another run with Rachel two doors down. My legs are stiff, my knees are sore but it’s not excruciating. It’s not as sore as it can be in bed.
We ran for 1.58 miles and knocked a minute off our time from Sunday. I don’t notice it when we plod in line and chat.
We then took the dogs up the hill for a walk. I took Calaidh. It’s meant to be wall to wall sunshine this morning. Not so…..
I then went back down the hill and took Bhruic up….
Look at the stick she ended up playing with… dogs should never play with sticks but I caught this crazy photo of her throwing it up in the air. (Could have been very dangerous…. 🙊)
Then she jumped in a burn and came out with the muddiest nose!
I finally saw something that might resemble blue sky but it never came to anything.
So by 10am I had done a run, 2 dog walks, cleaned the bathroom and kitchen and fed the dogs!
I’m not sure where the rest of the day went 😂 (just remembered and will end with that!)
I cleared out my wardrobe and drawers again. I seem to do that a lot these days but it feels good. I had a shower and got ready and we went out for lunch to Auchengree farm shop near us. Check these cute goats they have running around!
They’re tiny!
I’d fasted for 19 hours and 22 minutes and I don’t think I made the best choice… I had chicken tempura and pulled pork loaded fries. I should have ordered the salad after all my healthy exercise! It sounds great but I just wanted to sleep afterward…. That remind me I was awake at 5am.
Guess where I had been sitting…. Right on the middle of the mob of dogs 😂
So yeah…. I am randomly heading off tomorrow, on a wee solo trip to Oban for the night. Literally booked this morning.
You might think it would be easier if I still had the van, but I am getting the train up leaving here at 7.10am tomorrow morning. In all the trips I’ve had to Oban I have never gone on the train and I can’t wait to see where it goes. I will see bits of Scotland I’ve never seen before. I am SO excited and I don’t have to drive, I can relax and be chauffeured!
I got a single room in a basic hotel for £39.60… only £9.60 more than I’d spend on a campsite and I get my own bathroom! It’s right on the sea front but I will most likely not have a sea view for that price.
So that’s me for the next few days. Craig’s working and watching football tomorrow afternoon so won’t even notice I’m gone 😂 he says it’s ok… he’ll watch the dogs. I said thank you 🙏🏼😂🙄
Another great day in the life…. Though some random anxiety mid day… 🤷🏻♀️
I slept like a log last night…. Not surprising I guess after 10.7k in a kayak and all that sea air… but I did have my knee up on a big pillow at the physio’s advice. That seems to have made a difference, though tonight will be the real test as I’ve used my knee a lot today.
I went for a walk/jog/run with Rachel two doors down…. And we actually ran for most of the route, it’s so good to be back out there running jogging!
We did Tough Mudder together in 2022 and ran at a really similar pace. We stopped when either of us needed to and we both felt tired at different times. Neither of us actually like running, which is half the battle!
So at 10am today in the freezing cold thick frost, we gingerly set off. Baby jog steps!!
Selfie in motion!
It’s another stunningly beautiful day.
The roads were slippy!
We walked down the two slippy hills just to be on the safe side but did run most of the way.
Don’t think either of us expected that. Just plodding along at the same speed makes all the difference. We both don’t like to hold anyone up if we’re running with someone faster. It makes it less enjoyable.
So it wasn’t much, it ended up being 23 minutes but I think that’s a really good start.
It’s way more than I managed during the Christmas holidays. All in all today, 15,877 steps so far!
When I got in, I was still quite fired up so took Calaidh up the hill…..
Everything is so pretty in the frost.
Then who suddenly appeared?!? Nacho with Rachel!! He’s off to catch Calaidh!
The Garnock valley looks stunning with the the fog over Kilbirnie loch.
I came home and did housework before Criag and I took the dogs over to the field across the road. This is where my anxiety arose…..
I’m overwhelmed walking four dogs… it’s just completely above my pay grade. I imagined sooooo many things going on. I felt really anxious but instead of holding it all in, I did tell Craig. I didn’t want to spoil the walk and I knew I would if I held it all inside.
He wanted to take them down to Irvine beach park but I was worried there would be too many dogs down there.
When we were in the field I was upset by Khaleesi barking so much, which she does as she has fun…. I thought the dogs might get out the field, was worried someone else would come in the field and we shouldn’t be there. You name it… floods of anxiety.
Here’s the Scottish Dog Behaviourist sitting on a tree stump, calling a client who had some questions, while we were in the field.
The dogs had a blast!
I didn’t actually relax until we got home.
I need to do some work on that.
Here’s Leesi in her new coat. Bless her.
We decided to head to Gro Coffee in Irvine as I got vouchers from Craig’s mum and stepdad for my Christmas.
The sun was just starting to set when we arrived….not a breathe.
Love the way these flats are lit up by the sun.
You can’t book in Gro and they said it would be a 45 minute wait…. So I dragged Craig towards the sunset.
Look at the reflections! My friend Helen will be so proud of me for looking at the reflections.
TEN MINUTES later Gro called and we had to rush back!! There’s a bank of cloud running along the base of Arran so I think the actual sunset would have been stunning but we had to head back.
All of these were taken while walking very fast!!
Our food was the usual Gro standard…. Lovely! meat feast pizza, chicken tenders, halloumi fries and skin on fries.
So all in all, minus this afternoon’s anxiety, I’ve had THE best weekend.
It looks like it will be frosty and sunny most of the week. Long may it continue.
The Rambling Sloth 🦥 